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Patron PicksNovember 2014 Al, Andi, Carolyn, Catherine, Cindy, Ellen, Gail, Jodi, Joy, Julie, Liz, Maria, Naomi, Rebecca, Sarah and Vidya were participants in the adult reading program and recommend these titles.
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And the mountains echoed
by Khaled Hosseini
The best-selling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another and how choices resonate through subsequent generations.
Call Number: F Hosseini
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Best kept secrets
by Sandra Brown
Returning to her Texas hometown as a shrewd attorney, the daughter of a murdered woman investigates her mother's death and uncovers evidence that one of three powerful men might have been the killer. Reissue.
Call Number: F Brown
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The bride collector
by Ted Dekker
FBI agent Brad Raines must gain the trust of Paradise, a schizophrenic with a gift for seeing the last moments of a person's life when she touches a corpse, if he is going to save his friend and colleague from becoming the next victim of a killer who murders women and leaves a bridal veil at each scene. By the best-selling author of The BoneMan's Daughters.
Call Number: F Dekker
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Devil's gate : a novel from the NUMA files
by Clive Cussler
A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores- when it bursts into flames. A gang of pirates speeds to take advantage of the disaster-when their boat explodes. What is happening in this part of the world? As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team rush to investigate, they find themselves drawn into the extraordinary ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of almost mythical power, and an unimaginably audacious plan to extort the world's major nations. The penalty for refusal? The destruction of their greatest cities.
Call Number: F Cussler
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Gone
by Michael Grant
In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not. Reprint.
Call Number: YA Grant
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Handle with care : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
Struggling with the realities of their baby's illness, Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe work through their initial heartbreak and the pitying stares of seemingly more fortunate parents by spending time with little Willow, who proves unexpectedly remarkable and forces her parents to reevaluate their ideas about what they might have chosen for their family.
Call Number: F Picoult
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Heart in hand
by Barbara Cameron
Widow Anna bonds with her also widowed grandmother, but when Gideon Beiler comes calling, Anna must be willing to put aside her fear of loss in order to love again.
Call Number: F Cameron
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Home Again
by Kristin Hannah
Struggling with her rebellious daughter and her conflicting feelings for a soul-seeking priest and a cynical man, cardiologist Madelaine learns to overcome past betrayals when a tragedy brings them all together. Reissue.
Call Number: F Hannah
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Mr. Monk on the couch : a novel
by Lee Goldberg
Monk investigates three strangers and murder victims—a security guard, a struggling student and a beautiful woman—who have nothing in common but a couch. TV tie-in. 35,000 first printing.
Call Number: M Monk
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Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker : a novel
by Jennifer Chiaverini
Chosen as the personal modiste for Mary Todd Lincoln, freedwoman Elizabeth Keckley is drawn into the intimate life of the Lincoln family as she supports Mary in the loss of her husband from the assassination that stunned the nation and the world. 150,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Chiaverini
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Never say never
by Lisa Wingate
When a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, Kai Miller meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge and she can almost picture settling down in Daily, until she discovers he may be promised to someone else. Original.
Call Number: F Wingate
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One summer : America, 1927
by Bill Bryson
The award-winning author of A Short History of Nearly Everything recounts the story of a pivotal cultural year in the United States when mainstream pursuits and historical events were marked by contributions by such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and Al Capone.
Call Number: 973.915 Bry
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Rosemary cottage : a Hope Beach novel
by Colleen Coble
After moving to her family's Outer Banks cottage, Amy Lange teams up with Coast Guard officer Curtis Ireland to investigate the recent deaths of their siblings under suspicious circumstances.
Call Number: F Coble
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The Runelords : the sum of all men
by David Farland
The first book in an epic fantasy saga follows a young prince-wizard and his guard on a journey to a far-flung fiefdom to marry a princess, a journey that soon becomes a matter of life and death. 100,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Farland
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The wedding
by Nicholas Sparks
With the preparations for his daughter's upcoming wedding serving as a catalyst, Wilson Lewis realizes that his relationship with his wife of thirty years is threatened and, with his in-laws' fifty-year love affair as an example, sets out to make his wife fall in love with him once again. 1,250,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Sparks
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